Are There Secrets to Success?

Some people feels that they achieved success through sheer hard work and determination while others may say it was due to being at the right place at the right time.


Some people believe there are indeed secrets to achieving success. To be successful, one needs to acquire the following skills:

• Ability and humility to learn from the learned and experienced so that you don't repeat their mistakes.
• Increase your visibility, by networking and attending social events and forums, physically and online in cyberspace.
• Learn to communicate effectively.
• Develop an effective network.
• Have a balance lifestyle, able to juggle and balance between work and home.
• Know when to take risks.
•  Understand the politics of the organization they are in.  

Do you think you possess the above skills? You can always learn to acquire them. To do that you must get out of your comfort zone and change the way you do things.It is never too late to start changing for the better.




 

Success and what it means

Everyone wants to be a success. Successful biographies will boast of how so and so achieved his dreams working from rags to riches. You frequently encounter the same themes:-unfailing commitment to achieve, drive and ambition, and the ability to overcome hurdles and obstacles. Success often come after failure and lessons learnt. Persistence and patience are common attributes too. For some people success does not come from luck. Often they learn from the experience of others.

How do the average person define success? Some define it as having amassed a great amount of wealth. While some say success is having a good quality of life and a good balance of health and happiness.Still, some people define it as achievement and recognition for a job well done, whether in the professional circles or in their personal lives.

The meaning of success depends on each individual's needs, aspirations, perception and abilities. Not everyone wants to succeed as the boss or as the Prime Minister. Neither does everyone wants to be an acclaimed genius or superstar.

For someone like me, success would mean that I have found personal contentment and an easy life whereby I do not need to worry about what to do to get an easy and relaxed lifestyle, no more sprinting in the rat race; and with having raised winners in my children.

I still have a long way to achieve my goals of success. I still need to wake up using the alarm clock. My guru says having achieved wealth means you can wake up naturally in the morning. And to know whether you have the means to lead a naturally relaxed lifestyle you need to calculate how long you can last monetarily, if you stop working today.

So folks, get cracking. Have you got the nest egg to retire yet?

THE LIFE OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

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Most people don't make US$47,000 in a year -- but Friday afternoon one Russian billionaire dropped that much cash on LUNCH!!!!!


For those who want to be rich and live like Abramovich, remember, $47,000 can feed more than 10 families for a year in a developing country.